B12 and iron

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kokomo959
kokomo959 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I have a B12 deficiency. Does anyone know of an app that will track that?

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  • rmgnow
    rmgnow Posts: 375 Member
    If you wanna hit the super foods for B12 and Iron. Go with Eggs and Liver.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Cronometer allows you to track both.
  • RedSierra
    RedSierra Posts: 253 Member
    Just a note to say that if you decide to take a B12 supplement, you might read the article below. According to a study, large doses of B12 and B6 dramatically increased cancer risk.

    If you buy a supplement, read the label and don't buy a dose that's many thousands beyond the daily requirement, which is common with some supplements.

    http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/22/health/vitamin-b6-b12-lung-cancer-study/index.html
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    Cronometer allows you to track both.

    I've seen that app mentioned a couple of times today. Worth it? @lemurcat12 I think you mentioned it as well.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,613 Member
    kokomo959 wrote: »
    I have a B12 deficiency. Does anyone know of an app that will track that?

    If you are deficient then B12 from food or tablets will do nothing at all. I mean, you're deficient because you cannot absorb it (unless you're vegetarian of course). You need to get regular injections, for life. Low B12 damages nerves, not just in arms and legs (pins and needles) but in your spine, eyes, heart, bladder and bowel control. Thus if you are deficient you need to get proper treatment, nothing else.
  • Old_Cat_Lady
    Old_Cat_Lady Posts: 1,193 Member
    edited September 2017
    I have a feeling this deficiency is self-diagnosed. A doctor would have given a proper course of action including injections or supplement to treat the deficiency. A regular multivitamin (such as one a day) will have a lower amount of b12 than a b12 mega dose supplement will.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Psychgrrl wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    Cronometer allows you to track both.

    I've seen that app mentioned a couple of times today. Worth it? @lemurcat12 I think you mentioned it as well.

    It's free for the main tracking functions. I don't recall what going premium adds, but I use it for free and it's great. The drawback is that it's great for USDA or other sources for whole foods. For packaged stuff you need to add your own and it's only going to have what the package provides.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Psychgrrl wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    Cronometer allows you to track both.

    I've seen that app mentioned a couple of times today. Worth it? @lemurcat12 I think you mentioned it as well.

    For people who want more detailed tracking (specific vitamins like B12, protein breakdown by animo acids), it's amazing. The database doesn't have as many commercial foods, but it isn't crowdsourced so the entries that exist are extremely reliable (and you can still enter your custom foods). I have found that it has some of the packaged food that I eat, just not as much as MFP. The Recipe Builder is also (IMO) superior because it lets you easily track consumption by the amount of the recipe you're eating (instead of having to build in servings) and it lets you insert recipes into other recipes.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    kokomo959 wrote: »
    I have a B12 deficiency. Does anyone know of an app that will track that?

    If you are deficient then B12 from food or tablets will do nothing at all. I mean, you're deficient because you cannot absorb it (unless you're vegetarian of course). You need to get regular injections, for life. Low B12 damages nerves, not just in arms and legs (pins and needles) but in your spine, eyes, heart, bladder and bowel control. Thus if you are deficient you need to get proper treatment, nothing else.

    If OP is deficient because s/he isn't getting enough in her diet, then food or supplements will help. We don't know enough to know that this is an absorption problem.
  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
    I have an absorption problem with B12, I did the injections which got it worked out, but I was horrible about going to get the injection regularly. I now take the vitamin as sublingual drops, it works. Tablets did nothing for me.
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  • CMNVA
    CMNVA Posts: 733 Member
    suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
    kokomo959 wrote: »
    I have a B12 deficiency. Does anyone know of an app that will track that?

    If you are medically deficient supplements and food won't help. You need prescription vitamins and or shots.

    Sublingual B12 works. Doesn't pass through the GI tract. Goes in under the tongue and absorbs into the bloodstream that way.
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